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U.S. to announce sanctions next week marking Biden’s democracy summit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department will impose a series of sanctions next week to mark the U.S. Summit for Democracy, targeting people engaged in corruption, serious human rights abus...
Dec 03, 2021
P&G faces shortage of recycled plastic in race to meet sustainability goals
By Vanessa O'Connell and Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co has lofty goals for cutting its environmental impact by 2030 but obtaining recycled plastic for more sustainable packaging i...
Dec 03, 2021
Bitcoin tumbles 5.5% to $53,436
(Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged 5.5% to $53,435.9 at 22:04 GMT on Friday, losing $3,112.06 from its previous close. Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 22.6% from the year'...
Dec 03, 2021
Missouri reports its first case of Omicron COVID-19
(Reuters) - Missouri has detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a resident of St. Louis who had recently traveled domestically, according to the state health department. ...
Dec 03, 2021
Drag performers hit the ice in San Francisco
By Nathan Frandino SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Drag Queens and a Drag King took over a San Francisco skating rink for the 12th annual "Drag Queens on Ice" show, dazzling spectators with their loud costu...
Dec 03, 2021
Facebook whistleblower says transparency needed to fix social media ills
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - A deeper investigation into Facebook's lack of controls to prevent misinformation and abuse in languages other than English is likely to leave people "even more shocked" abo...
Dec 03, 2021
Google real estate exec says more workers coming in to office
By Paresh Dave and Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has seen an increasing number of employees coming in to its offices each week, particularly younger workers, the company's...
Dec 03, 2021
New Mexico prosecutor raises possibility of criminal charges in ‘Rust’ shooting
TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) - Some of the people who handled guns on the set of Western movie "Rust" featuring Alec Baldwin may face criminal charges after the fatal shooting of a cinematographer during the ...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. State Department phones hacked with Israeli company spyware – sources
By Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc iPhones of at least nine U.S. State Department employees were hacked by an unknown assailant using sophisticated spyw...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. EPA to propose expanding credit eligibility under biofuel program -sources
By Stephanie Kelly and Jarrett Renshaw NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Biden administration is expected to propose expanding the kinds of renewable fuel production processes that are eligible to receive cred...
Dec 03, 2021
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